2009 has been an interesting year to say the least already for me. I have had two cases in the last month where I went into painstaking detail, counseling, and advising with nurse clients about their cases and the both nurses did a 180 and did exactly the opposite of what I recommended.
I was surprised in both cases, I was disappointed, however I recognize what my role is in a license defense case. As the attorney, my role is represent a nurse and counsel and advise a nurse on his or her options and provide my opinions and experience. The case belongs to the client not the attorney and the license at issue belongs to the client not the attorney.
However in both cases the nurses realized immediately, "I made a wrong turn" which will impact their cases.To what extent the 180 will impact their cases remains to be seen.
Hint: If you hire an attorney to represent, counsel, and advise you in a license matter, listen to your attorney and if you have questions, comments, or concerns about the advice given then talk to your attorney. A license defense attorney has experience handling these types of cases and can provide you a range of scenarios.
If you don't trust the advice the attorney is giving you, then you need to hire another attorney.
Don't go all "willy nilly" and do a 180 because you can't take it back and it may adversely impact your case and your license.
Comments